# Accident 19830604025619A: Piper PA28140, Big Lake, MN, June 4, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1983, 18:55 local time
- Place: Big Lake, MN
- Airport: Hook Spray Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.3424° N, 93.7430° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Lake, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3424&lon=-93.7430&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55270, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55270) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 212 total, 37 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI83LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA241) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830604025619A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DRIFTED ON LEVEL OFF AND BLINDED BY SUN,SET DOWN ON EDGE OF RUNWAY AND STRUCK A RAILROAD SIGN. STRONG CROSSWIND.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI83LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA241), Jun 4, 1983: Piper PA-28-140 (N55270), Big Lake, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N55270 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19930913036739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930913036739I), Sep 13, 1993: Piper PA28140 (N55270), Frankfort, KY, Minor damage. Pilot allowed wing tip to contact runway on a crosswind landing. Veered off runway.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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